Matthew Blackwell

Matthew Blackwell is an Australian writer and Outback Drug and Alcohol Case Manager & Educator in the Northern Territory.

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11 Posts

Outback Australia and the Information Wars

Matthew Blackwell

7 Dec 2021 · 14 min read

An Outback Conspiracy

Matthew Blackwell

28 Nov 2021 · 12 min read

Black Lives Matter and the Mechanics of Conformity

Matthew Blackwell

17 Sep 2020 · 16 min read

The Dangerous Life of an Anthropologist

Matthew Blackwell

5 Oct 2019 · 22 min read

Rationalizing Modern Drug Prejudices

Matthew Blackwell

12 Aug 2019 · 13 min read

On the Eve of the Great Psychedelic Debate

Matthew Blackwell

30 Mar 2019 · 20 min read

The Origins of Colourism

As revealed in the documentary, this view takes an emotional toll on dark women, who are discriminated against in all sorts of ways.

Matthew Blackwell

13 Feb 2019 · 13 min read

Devastation and Denial: Cambodia and the Academic Left

Amazingly, even as Cambodia disintegrated, the Khmer Rouge benefitted from unsolicited apologetics from intellectuals at the West’s august universities.

Matthew Blackwell

15 Jul 2018 · 18 min read

How the Science Wars Ruined the Mother of Anthropology

Both revered and despised for the image of humanity she presented to the world, and for her conclusions about the Samoan people, in particular.

Matthew Blackwell

11 Apr 2018 · 17 min read

Why Do Men Rape?

“Rape is not about sexual orientation or sexual desire. It is an act of power and control in which the victim is brutalized and humiliated.”

Matthew Blackwell

21 Mar 2018 · 15 min read

The Psychology of Progressive Hostility

This sort of my-way-or-the-highway mentality is now spreading well beyond the urban university and into even remote communities.

Matthew Blackwell

10 Mar 2018 · 10 min read